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sri-suka uvaca
mitrayus ca divodasac
cyavanas tat-suto nrpa
sudasah sahadevo ‘tha
somako jantu-janmakrt
Sukadeva Gosvami said: O King, the son of Divodasa was Mitrayu, and
from Mitrayu came four sons, named Cyavana, Sudasa, Sahadeva and Somaka.
Somaka was the father of Jantu.
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tasya putra-satam tesam
yaviyan prsatah sutah
sa tasmad drupado jajne
sarva-sampat-samanvitah
Somaka had one hundred sons, of whom the youngest was Prsata. From
Prsata was born King Drupada, who was opulent in all supremacy.
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drupadad draupadi tasya
dhrstadyumnadayah sutah
dhrstadyumnad dhrstaketur
bharmyah pancalaka ime
From Maharaja Drupada, Draupadi was born. Maharaja Drupada also had
many sons, headed by Dhrstadyumna. From Dhrstadyumna came a son named
Dhrstaketu. All these personalities are known as descendants of
Bharmyasva or as the dynasty of Pancala.
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yo ‘jamidha-suto hy anya
rksah samvaranas tatah
tapatyam surya-kanyayam
kuruksetra-patih kuruh
pariksih sudhanur jahnur
nisadhas ca kuroh sutah
suhotro ‘bhut sudhanusas
cyavano ‘tha tatah krti
Another son of Ajamidha was known as Rksa. From Rksa came a son named
Samvarana, and from Samvarana through the womb of his wife, Tapati, the
daughter of the sun-god, came Kuru, the King of Kuruksetra. Kuru had four
sons–Pariksi, Sudhanu, Jahnu and Nisadha. From Sudhanu, Suhotra was
born, and from Suhotra, Cyavana. From Cyavana, Krti was born.
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vasus tasyoparicaro
brhadratha-mukhas tatah
kusamba-matsya-pratyagracedipadyas
ca cedipah
The son of Krti was Uparicara Vasu, and among his sons, headed by
Brhadratha, were Kusamba, Matsya, Pratyagra and Cedipa. All the sons of
Uparicara Vasu became rulers of the Cedi state.
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brhadrathat kusagro ‘bhud
rsabhas tasya tat-sutah
jajne satyahito ‘patyam
puspavams tat-suto jahuh
From Brhadratha, Kusagra was born; from Kusagra, Rsabha; and from
Rsabha, Satyahita. The son of Satyahita was Puspavan, and the son of
Puspavan was Jahu.
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anyasyam api bharyayam
sakale dve brhadrathat
ye matra bahir utsrste
jaraya cabhisandhite
jiva jiveti kridantya
jarasandho ‘bhavat sutah
Through the womb of another wife, Brhadratha begot two halves of a
son. When the mother saw those two halves she rejected them, but later a
she-demon named Jara playfully joined them and said, “Come to life, come
to life!” Thus the son named Jarasandha was born.
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tatas ca sahadevo ‘bhut
somapir yac chrutasravah
pariksir anapatyo ‘bhut
suratho nama jahnavah
From Jarasandha came a son named Sahadeva; from Sahadeva, Somapi; and
from Somapi, Srutasrava. The son of Kuru called Pariksi had no sons, but
the son of Kuru called Jahnu had a son named Suratha.
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tato vidurathas tasmat
sarvabhaumas tato ‘bhavat
jayasenas tat-tanayo
radhiko ‘to ‘yutayv abhut
From Suratha came a son named Viduratha, from whom Sarvabhauma was
born. From Sarvabhauma came Jayasena; from Jayasena, Radhika; and from
Radhika, Ayutayu.
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tatas cakrodhanas tasmad
devatithir amusya ca
rksas tasya dilipo ‘bhut
pratipas tasya catmajah
From Ayutayu came a son named Akrodhana, and his son was Devatithi.
The son of Devatithi was Rksa, the son of Rksa was Dilipa, and the son of
Dilipa was Pratipa.
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devapih santanus tasya
bahlika iti catmajah
pitr-rajyam parityajya
devapis tu vanam gatah
abhavac chantanu raja
pran mahabhisa-samjnitah
yam yam karabhyam sprsati
jirnam yauvanam eti sah
The sons of Pratipa were Devapi, Santanu and Bahlika. Devapi left the
kingdom of his father and went to the forest, and therefore Santanu
became the king. Santanu, who in his previous birth was known as
Mahabhisa, had the ability to transform anyone from old age to youth
simply by touching that person with his hands.
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santim apnoti caivagryam
karmana tena santanuh
sama dvadasa tad-rajye
na vavarsa yada vibhuh
santanur brahmanair uktah
parivettayam agrabhuk
rajyam dehy agrajayasu
pura-rastra-vivrddhaye
Because the King was able to make everyone happy for sense
gratification, primarily by the touch of his hand, his name was Santanu.
Once, when there was no rainfall in the kingdom for twelve years and the
King consulted his learned brahminical advisors, they said, “You are
faulty for enjoying the property of your elder brother. For the elevation
of your kingdom and home, you should return the kingdom to him.”
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evam ukto dvijair jyestham
chandayam asa so ‘bravit
tan-mantri-prahitair viprair
vedad vibhramsito gira
veda-vadativadan vai
tada devo vavarsa ha
devapir yogam asthaya
kalapa-gramam asritah
When the brahmanas said this, Maharaja Santanu went to the forest and
requested his elder brother Devapi to take charge of the kingdom, for it
is the duty of a king to maintain his subjects. Previously, however,
Santanu’s minister Asvavara had instigated some brahmanas to induce
Devapi to transgress the injunctions of the Vedas and thus make himself
unfit for the post of ruler. The brahmanas deviated Devapi from the path
of the Vedic principles, and therefore when asked by Santanu he did not
agree to accept the post of ruler. On the contrary, he blasphemed the
Vedic principles and therefore became fallen. Under the circumstances,
Santanu again became the king, and Indra, being pleased, showered rains.
Devapi later took to the path of mystic yoga to control his mind and
senses and went to the village named Kalapagrama, where he is still
living.
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soma-vamse kalau naste
krtadau sthapayisyati
bahlikat somadatto ‘bhud
bhurir bhurisravas tatah
salas ca santanor asid
gangayam bhisma atmavan
sarva-dharma-vidam srestho
maha-bhagavatah kavih
After the dynasty of the moon-god comes to an end in this age of Kali,
Devapi, in the beginning of the next Satya-yuga, will reestablish the
Soma dynasty in this world. From Bahlika [the brother of Santanu] came a
son named Somadatta, who had three sons, named Bhuri, Bhurisrava and
Sala. From Santanu, through the womb of his wife named Ganga, came
Bhisma, the exalted, self-realized devotee and learned scholar.
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vira-yuthagranir yena
ramo ‘pi yudhi tositah
santanor dasa-kanyayam
jajne citrangadah sutah
Bhismadeva was the foremost of all warriors. When he defeated Lord
Parasurama in a fight, Lord Parasurama was very satisfied with him. By
the semen of Santanu in the womb of Satyavati, the daughter of a
fisherman, Citrangada took birth.
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vicitraviryas cavarajo
namna citrangado hatah
yasyam parasarat saksad
avatirno hareh kala
veda-gupto munih krsno
yato ‘ham idam adhyagam
hitva sva-sisyan pailadin
bhagavan badarayanah
mahyam putraya santaya
param guhyam idam jagau
vicitraviryo ‘thovaha
kasiraja-sute balat
svayamvarad upanite
ambikambalike ubhe
tayor asakta-hrdayo
grhito yaksmana mrtah
Citrangada, of whom Vicitravirya was the younger brother, was killed
by a Gandharva who was also named Citrangada. Satyavati, before her
marriage to Santanu, gave birth to the master authority of the Vedas,
Vyasadeva, known as Krsna Dvaipayana, who was begotten by Parasara Muni.
From Vyasadeva, I [Sukadeva Gosvami] was born, and from him I studied
this great work of literature, Srimad-Bhagavatam. The incarnation of
Godhead Vedavyasa, rejecting his disciples, headed by Paila, instructed
Srimad-Bhagavatam to me because I was free from all material desires.
After Ambika and Ambalika, the two daughters of Kasiraja, were taken away
by force, Vicitravirya married them, but because he was too attached to
these two wives, he had a heart attack and died of tuberculosis.
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ksetre ‘prajasya vai bhratur
matrokto badarayanah
dhrtarastram ca pandum ca
viduram capy ajijanat
Badarayana, Sri Vyasadeva, following the order of his mother,
Satyavati, begot three sons, two by the womb of Ambika and Ambalika, the
two wives of his brother Vicitravirya, and the third by Vicitravirya’s
maidservant. These sons were Dhrtarastra, Pandu and Vidura.
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gandharyam dhrtarastrasya
jajne putra-satam nrpa
tatra duryodhano jyestho
duhsala capi kanyaka
Dhrtarastra’s wife, Gandhari, gave birth to one hundred sons and one
daughter, O King. The oldest of the sons was Duryodhana, and the
daughter’s name was Duhsala.
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sapan maithuna-ruddhasya
pandoh kuntyam maha-rathah
jata dharmanilendrebhyo
yudhisthira-mukhas trayah
nakulah sahadevas ca
madryam nasatya-dasrayoh
draupadyam panca pancabhyah
putras te pitaro ‘bhavan
Pandu was restrained from sexual life because of having been cursed by
a sage, and therefore his three sons Yudhisthira, Bhima and Arjuna were
begotten through the womb of his wife, Kunti, by Dharmaraja, by the
demigod controlling the wind, and by the demigod controlling the rain.
Pandu’s second wife, Madri, gave birth to Nakula and Sahadeva, who were
begotten by the two Asvini-kumaras. The five brothers, headed by
Yudhisthira, begot five sons through the womb of Draupadi. These five
sons were your uncles.
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yudhisthirat prativindhyah
srutaseno vrkodarat
arjunac chrutakirtis tu
satanikas tu nakulih
From Yudhisthira came a son named Prativindhya, from Bhima a son named
Srutasena, from Arjuna a son named Srutakirti, and from Nakula a son
named Satanika.
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sahadeva-suto rajan
chrutakarma tathapare
yudhisthirat tu pauravyam
devako ‘tha ghatotkacah
bhimasenad dhidimbayam
kalyam sarvagatas tatah
sahadevat suhotram tu
vijayasuta parvati
O King, the son of Sahadeva was Srutakarma. Furthermore, Yudhisthira
and his brothers begot other sons in other wives. Yudhisthira begot a son
named Devaka through the womb of Pauravi, and Bhimasena begot a son named
Ghatotkaca through his wife Hidimba and a son named Sarvagata through his
wife Kali. Similarly, Sahadeva had a son named Suhotra through his wife
named Vijaya, who was the daughter of the king of the mountains.
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karenumatyam nakulo
naramitram tatharjunah
iravantam ulupyam vai
sutayam babhruvahanam
manipura-pateh so ‘pi
tat-putrah putrika-sutah
Nakula begot a son named Naramitra through his wife named Karenumati.
Similarly, Arjuna begot a son named Iravan through his wife known as
Ulupi, the daughter of the Nagas, and a son named Babhruvahana by the
womb of the princess of Manipura. Babhruvahana became the adopted son of
the king of Manipura.
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tava tatah subhadrayam
abhimanyur ajayata
sarvatirathajid vira
uttarayam tato bhavan
My dear King Pariksit, your father, Abhimanyu, was born from the womb
of Subhadra as the son of Arjuna. He was the conqueror of all atirathas
[those who could fight with one thousand charioteers]. From him, by the
womb of Uttara, the daughter of Viradraja, you were born.
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pariksinesu kurusu
drauner brahmastra-tejasa
tvam ca krsnanubhavena
sajivo mocito ‘ntakat
After the Kuru dynasty was annihilated in the Battle of Kuruksetra,
you also were about to be destroyed by the brahmastra atomic weapon
released by the son of Dronacarya, but by the mercy of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, Krsna, you were saved from death.
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taveme tanayas tata
janamejaya-purvakah
srutaseno bhimasena
ugrasenas ca viryavan
My dear King, your four sons–Janamejaya, Srutasena, Bhimasena and
Ugrasena–are very powerful. Janamejaya is the eldest.
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janamejayas tvam viditva
taksakan nidhanam gatam
sarpan vai sarpa-yagagnau
sa hosyati rusanvitah
Because of your death by the Taksaka snake, your son Janamejaya will
be very angry and will perform a sacrifice to kill all the snakes in the
world.
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kalaseyam purodhaya
turam turaga-medhasat
samantat prthivim sarvam
jitva yaksyati cadhvaraih
After conquering throughout the world and after accepting Tura, the
son of Kalasa, as his priest, Janamejaya will perform asvamedha-yajnas,
for which he will be known as Turaga-medhasat.
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tasya putrah sataniko
yajnavalkyat trayim pathan
astra-jnanam kriya-jnanam
saunakat param esyati
The son of Janamejaya known as Satanika will learn from Yajnavalkya
the three Vedas and the art of performing ritualistic ceremonies. He will
also learn the military art from Krpacarya and the transcendental science
from the sage Saunaka.
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sahasranikas tat-putras
tatas caivasvamedhajah
asimakrsnas tasyapi
nemicakras tu tat-sutah
The son of Satanika will be Sahasranika, and from him will come the
son named Asvamedhaja. From Asvamedhaja will come Asimakrsna, and his son
will be Nemicakra.
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gajahvaye hrte nadya
kausambyam sadhu vatsyati
uktas tatas citrarathas
tasmac chucirathah sutah
When the town of Hastinapura [New Delhi] is inundated by the river,
Nemicakra will live in the place known as Kausambi. His son will be
celebrated as Citraratha, and the son of Citraratha will be Suciratha.
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tasmac ca vrstimams tasya
suseno ‘tha mahipatih
sunithas tasya bhavita
nrcaksur yat sukhinalah
From Suciratha will come the son named Vrstiman, and his son, Susena,
will be the emperor of the entire world. The son of Susena will be
Sunitha, his son will be Nrcaksu, and from Nrcaksu will come a son named
Sukhinala.
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pariplavah sutas tasman
medhavi sunayatmajah
nrpanjayas tato durvas
timis tasmaj janisyati
The son of Sukhinala will be Pariplava, and his son will be Sunaya.
From Sunaya will come a son named Medhavi; from Medhavi, Nrpanjaya; from
Nrpanjaya, Durva; and from Durva, Timi.
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timer brhadrathas tasmac
chatanikah sudasajah
satanikad durdamanas
tasyapatyam mahinarah
From Timi will come Brhadratha; from Brhadratha, Sudasa; and from
Sudasa, Satanika. From Satanika will come Durdamana, and from him will
come a son named Mahinara.
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dandapanir nimis tasya
ksemako bhavita yatah
brahma-ksatrasya vai yonir
vamso devarsi-satkrtah
ksemakam prapya rajanam
samstham prapsyati vai kalau
atha magadha-rajano
bhavino ye vadami te
The son of Mahinara will be Dandapani, and his son will be Nimi, from
whom King Ksemaka will be born. I have now described to you the moongod’s
dynasty, which is the source of brahmanas and ksatriyas and is
worshiped by demigods and great saints. In this Kali-yuga, Ksemaka will
be the last monarch. Now I shall describe to you the future of the
Magadha dynasty. Please listen.
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bhavita sahadevasya
marjarir yac chrutasravah
tato yutayus tasyapi
niramitro ‘tha tat-sutah
sunaksatrah sunaksatrad
brhatseno ‘tha karmajit
tatah sutanjayad viprah
sucis tasya bhavisyati
ksemo ‘tha suvratas tasmad
dharmasutrah samas tatah
dyumatseno ‘tha sumatih
subalo janita tatah
Sahadeva, the son of Jarasandha, will have a son named Marjari. From
Marjari will come Srutasrava; from Srutasrava, Yutayu; and from Yutayu,
Niramitra. The son of Niramitra will be Sunaksatra, from Sunaksatra will
come Brhatsena, and from Brhatsena, Karmajit. The son of Karmajit will be
Sutanjaya, the son of Sutanjaya will be Vipra, and his son will be Suci.
The son of Suci will be Ksema, the son of Ksema will be Suvrata, and the
son of Suvrata will be Dharmasutra. From Dharmasutra will come Sama; from
Sama, Dyumatsena; from Dyumatsena, Sumati; and from Sumati, Subala.
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sunithah satyajid atha
visvajid yad ripunjayah
barhadrathas ca bhupala
bhavyah sahasra-vatsaram
From Subala will come Sunitha; from Sunitha, Satyajit; from Satyajit,
Visvajit; and from Visvajit, Ripunjaya. All of these personalities will
belong to the dynasty of Brhadratha, which will rule the world for one
thousand years.
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